MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 66, September 14, 1945 ]
EXTENDING THE PERIOD PROVIDED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT, DATED MARCH TWELVE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY, FOR WHICH PAYMENT MAY BE AUTHORIZED OF THE SALARIES OR WAGES OF NEWLY APPOINTED OR TRANSFERRED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE NATIONAL, PROVINCIAL, CITY, AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS WHILE THEIR APPOINTMENTS ARE PENDING ACTION BY THE PROPER AUTHORITIES.
By virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws, I, SERGIO OSMEŅA, President of the Philippines, do hereby extend to six months the period of three months provided in Executive Order Numbered Two hundred and fifty-eight, dated March twelve, nineteen hundred and forty, for which payment may be authorized of the salaries or wages of newly appointed or transferred officers and employees of the national, provincial, city, and municipal governments while their appointments are pending action by the proper authorities: Provided, That the designations, salary rates, and dates of effectivity specified in the corresponding appointments shall conform to the, plantillas as authorized by the department heads concerned based on the approved budgets: And provided, further, That the appointing officers shall be held personally liable for reimbursing the Government for payments that might be improperly made on account of appointments illegally issued or otherwise in contravention of existing laws, rules and regulations.1âшphi1
Executive Order Numbered Two hundred and fifty-eight, dated March twelve, nineteen hundred and forty, is hereby modified to the extent herein set forth.
Done at the City of Manila, this 14th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-five, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the tenth.
(Sgd.) SERGIO OSMEŅA
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JOSE S. REYES
Secretary to the President
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